Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tool held beneath a sheet of metal to resist the blows of a hammer and form a raised boss on the surface of the sheet.
- noun In type-founding, the steel die or punch which makes the counter or unprinted part of the letter subsequently engraved on the punch. The first process in type-making is making the counter-punch.
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Examples
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Lyrically, it's the perfect counter-punch to the furor around "I Want Your Sex."
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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Lyrically, it's the perfect counter-punch to the furor around "I Want Your Sex."
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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If Victor goes inside, Floyd can't counter-punch on the inside.
Floyd Mayweather Jr v Victor Ortiz - as it happened | Steve Busfield 2011
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All this was routine, but Romney added an unexpected counter-punch, saying Gingrich should look at his own investments and he would find he had also invested in them.
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Right from that first Manning bomb to Travis Beckum it's just been punch and counter-punch, back and forth.
Green Bay Packers 38 New York Giants 35 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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In a surprise counter-punch, Amazon. com Inc. on Wednesday began selling ABC, Fox and BBC TV shows for 99 cents each to own, not just rent.
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This move truly exemplified the meaning of Christmas to Colbert, because if Jesus taught us anything, it's that "If someone slaps you on the cheek, counter-punch!"
Colbert Counters War On Christmas With Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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This move truly exemplified the meaning of Christmas to Colbert, because if Jesus taught us anything, it's that "If someone slaps you on the cheek, counter-punch!"
Colbert Counters War On Christmas With Blitzkrieg On Grinchitude (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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"The last few days have shown the Civic Platform's strategy is to attack Mr. Kaczynski and try to knock him off balance and force him to counter-punch, dropping the kinder, gentler mask and showing the 'bad old Jaroslaw'," said
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In a surprise counter-punch, Amazon. com Inc. on Wednesday began selling ABC, Fox and BBC TV shows for 99 cents each to own, not just rent.
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